Improvement in barbers  shears



S. NIGKELSON.

BARBERSSHEARS. No\1'69,832. Patented N0v.9,1a7s.

STATES .PATENT @Erica SAMUEL NIGKELSON, 0F GALLATIN, TENNESSEE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BARBERS SHEARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 169,532, dated November 9, 1875; application led June 24, 1875.

" same properly to the blades.

Figure ll represents a perspective view of my improved shears; Fig. 2, a side vieW of the same; Fig. 3, an end View of the same.

A represents an ordinary pair of shears; B, an ordinary straight hair-comb, arranged outside of', and parallel with, one of the shearblades, and secured thereto at the inner end by two screw-studs, a; and C, a guard-plate, extending from the back of the comb, over Which it is clasped, inward to the edge oftheshear-blade, as clearly represented in FigJZ. The parts are arranged to hold the comb, and the blade to which it is attached, in the proper relative position, parallel With each other, While the screw-studs are so arranged that by turning them the distance between the blade and comb may be increased or diminished at I Will. The guard-plate, having its edge curled over in the manner shown, is simply slid end- Wise upon the comb, so that it maybe readily removed when desired. p

The comb and the plate may be attached in any suitable manner, their forms and position varied, and other minor changes made, as circumstances may render advisable.

In using the device, the hair is caught upon the comb, and the shears operated in the ordinary manner, the comb serving to present the hair in proper and even shape to the blades, and also, when rested upon the head, to govern the length at which the hair is cut, rendering the same uniform and smooth. i

By the use of my combined comb and shears.

the cutting oi' hair in the proper manner is y rendered a very simple and easy matter to unskilled persons.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the shears A, comb B, and guardplate (l, substantially as and for the purpose described. f

SAML. N IGKELSON. Witnesses:

L. W. LOVE, J. F. WHITE. 

